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Crisis en Cuba: «A Estados Unidos no le interesa la democratización» de la isla

El hastío y la rabia de los cubanos
El cacerolazo se ha convertido en la forma de protesta por excelencia en toda Cuba. En cualquier lugar, la gente suena una cazuela
A Estados Unidos no le interesa la democratización cubana
La presión que está ejerciendo Estados Unidos obviamente lo está descolocando (al gobierno) de alguna manera. Y ciertamente la gente se asombró.
Solución entre cubanos
Debe haber una amnistía en Cuba
Si hablamos de reconciliación, debemos pensar también en una amnistía para aquellos que están en el gobierno
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Trump pulls back curtain on White House ballroom’s fortress-like defenses above and deep below

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President Donald Trump gave reporters a fresh look Tuesday at construction of the new White House ballroom, touting it as a hardened security structure that runs six stories into the ground.
«This goes down very deep,» Trump said Tuesday from outside of the White House, motioning for reporters to check out construction updates. «You get a better view right over here. … These are already down two floors. That is down about six stories deep. That’s big stuff. Normally, when you build a ballroom, you build it flat. You just throw the ballroom. It would have been built.»
Trump said the future White House ballroom not just as an event venue, but as a hardened security structure designed to support presidential operations and large gatherings amid heightened concerns following a shooting tied to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
‘SHARK TANK’ STAR BACKS TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM PLAN AMID SECURITY CONCERNS: ‘IT’S BIPARTISAN’
Trump gave a tour of the White House Ballroom construction to the press on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump revealed that the ballroom will run about six stories deep, describing the building as made of «impenetrable» steel and four-inch-thick glass. He said 9,000 pounds of concrete is being used.
He said the building would include a military hospital research facilities, various meeting rooms and security infrastructure tied to drone and missile defense.
The roof is «dead flat» with «absolutely nothing but strength on it,» said Trump as he went on to describe the roof as a «drone port» with «unlimited numbers of drones» and military positioning capacity.

A view of the construction site of US President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom as he speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026 (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
«I hate to use the word snipers, but we have great sniper capacities built for our snipers. Not the enemy snipers, our snipers. And because of the height, we get a very clear view of everything all over Washington,» said Trump.
PHOTOS: THE MAKING OF TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM, A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS

Workers are seen as Trump speaks to the press at the construction site of the White House ballroom. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
Responding to questions about the ballroom funding, Trump said Congress is approving funds for security enhancements, while stressing that he and donors, who are funding the project, «put up a lot of money to build» the new ballroom.
The Senate parliamentarian rejected Republicans’ effort to include a $1 billion White House and Secret Service security funding proposal in a reconciliation package on Sunday, with the request tied in part to security upgrades for Trump’s planned East Wing ballroom and broader White House security needs.
TRUMP’S DC BEAUTIFICATION PUSH WINS RARE DEM PRAISE AS PRESIDENT SNAPS LANDMARKS BACK TO LIFE

«The money that’s being put up to build the ballroom and again, the ballroom, it’s necessary for the ballroom to be built with what you see over here. It’s all knitted. The air conditioning, the heating, the drone capacity, the shield. You know, the ballroom becomes a shield for everything that you see right here,» said Trump. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
The ballroom is also facing a National Trust for Historic Preservation lawsuit arguing the administration lacked authority in demolishing the East Wing, though the litigation has not fully resolved the project’s future.
Construction and landscaping projects across Washington, D.C., have accelerated in recent months as the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in July, with many fountains across the city being restored.
During the press preview, Trump also revealed he made a «multimillion» contribution toward restoration work around Lafayette Park and nearby White House grounds during an exchange on the beautification projects he is doing around Washington, D.C.

«We built it all inside the building… because we don’t want to have anything having to do with air or air quality or any problems playing with the air,» said Trump. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
New fountains in Lafayette Park, located in downtown D.C., were turned on for the first time last month.
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Nine fountains are being rehabilitated and returned to service, while nine other operational fountains are set to receive maintenance and system upgrades, according to the National Park Service.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for additional comment Tuesday.
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WHO head ‘deeply concerned’ over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola spread, says emergency committee will meet

WHO issues WARNING after DEADLY ebola outbreak
The CDC is coordinating the ‘safe withdrawal’ of at least six Americans exposed to a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the WHO declared a global health emergency.
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The head of the World Health Organization announced a meeting of his emergency committee regarding the «scale and speed» of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda on Tuesday.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited data saying there have been over 500 suspected cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent weeks, and 33 confirmed cases. There have been two confirmed cases in Uganda. The outbreak has seen a total of 131 fatalities.
«I’m deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic,» Tedros said in a Tuesday statement.
Tedros is meeting with the WHO’s Emergency Committee later Tuesday.
US ISSUES URGENT TRAVEL WARNING AS DEADLY EBOLA OUTBREAK SPREADS OVERSEAS
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks during an event. (Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
There are several factors that have made the WHO concerned about the potential for further spread, such as cases in urban areas, including Kampala, Uganda, and Goma in the DRC, as well as the conflict-affected province of Ituri.
The WHO has approved $3.9 million in emergency funding to support national authorities as they respond to the outbreak.
The WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency on Sunday, and the U.S. issued an urgent travel warning for the DRC shortly after on Monday.
UGANDA STARTS CLINICAL TRIAL OF VACCINE FOR SUDAN STRAIN OF EBOLA AMID NEW OUTBREAK

A health worker sprays disinfectant on a colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern Congo, on Sept. 9, 2018. (Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP)
Officials said the outbreak was caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus, a rarer variant for which existing vaccines may be less effective.
The State Department warns that Ebola is a «rare, severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever illness.»
The virus can spread through direct contact with infected individuals, bodily fluids, infected corpses and objects contaminated with the virus.
CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER DESCRIBES UNCERTAINTY AFTER 3 DEATHS AMID HANTAVIRUS PROBE
«The U.S. government is unable to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in Ituri province,» the advisory noted. «Do not travel to this area for any reason.»

Pictured is the MV Hondius, the cruise ship tied to a hantavirus outbreak after a stop in Argentina that left three passengers dead. (Europa Press Canarias via Getty Images)
The development comes as global health officials continue monitoring a rare hantavirus outbreak tied to the MV Hondius cruise ship, which left multiple passengers and crew members sick, and caused three deaths.
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As of May 13, the WHO said 11 hantavirus cases had been identified in connection with the cruise outbreak, including eight confirmed cases, two probable cases and one inconclusive case.
Fox News’ Andrea Margolis and Michael Sinkewicz and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Vladimir Putin llegó a Beijing para reunirse con Xi Jinping y reafirmar la alianza con China

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, aterrizó este martes en Beijing para reunirse con su par chino, Xi Jinping.
El encuentro busca dejar en claro que la relación entre ambos países atraviesa se mantiene después de la reciente visita de Donald Trump a China.
La llegada de Putin se confirmó apenas unos días después de que Trump concluyera la primera de un mandatario estadounidense a China en casi diez años.
El objetivo del viaje del líder republicano fue intentar estabilizar los lazos entre Washington y Beijing, que atraviesan una etapa de fuertes tensiones.
Una alianza estratégica que se profundizó tras la guerra en Ucrania
Según el Kremlin, Putin y Xi tienen previsto discutir cómo “fortalecer aún más” la asociación estratégica entre sus países e intercambiar opiniones sobre los principales temas internacionales y regionales.
Desde la invasión rusa a Ucrania en 2022, los lazos entre Moscú y Beijing se profundizaron notablemente.
Putin visitó China cada año desde entonces, en un contexto en el que Rusia quedó diplomáticamente aislada y depende cada vez más de la economía china.
Hoy, China es el principal comprador del petróleo ruso sancionado, un dato clave para sostener el esfuerzo bélico del Kremlin.
Putin viaja a China tras la visita de Donald Trump. (Foto: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov).
Para marcar el tono de la visita, ambos líderes intercambiaron “cartas de felicitación” el domingo, celebrando los 30 años de la asociación estratégica.
Xi remarcó que la cooperación bilateral “se ha profundizado y consolidado continuamente”, según medios estatales chinos.
En un mensaje de video dirigido al pueblo chino, Putin aseguró que las relaciones alcanzaron “un nivel verdaderamente sin precedentes” y que “el comercio entre Rusia y China sigue creciendo”.
El mandatario ruso subrayó: “Sin aliarnos contra nadie, buscamos la paz y la prosperidad universal”, evitando mencionar a Estados Unidos o a otros países.
“Viejos amigos” frente al mundo
La relación personal entre Putin y Xi es un punto central de la visita. Cuando el presidente ruso estuvo en Beijing por última vez, en septiembre de 2025, Xi lo recibió como a un “viejo amigo”, un gesto que no repitió con Trump la semana pasada.
Putin, por su parte, suele llamar a Xi su “querido amigo” y busca mostrar que la alianza con China no se ve afectada por la presencia de Trump en la región. El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, a la derecha, sonríe junto al mandatario chino Xi Jinping luego de visitar el Jardín Zhongnanhai, el viernes 15 de mayo de 2026, en Beijing. (Evan Vucci/Foto compartida vía AP)
Aunque no se espera que la visita de Putin tenga la misma espectacularidad que la del expresidente estadounidense, analistas remarcan que “la relación entre Xi y Putin no requiere ese tipo de gesto de tranquilidad”.
Ambas partes consideran que sus lazos son “estructuralmente más fuertes y estables” que los que China mantiene con Estados Unidos.
Ucrania, petróleo y el tablero global
Beijing pidió en varias ocasiones que se abran conversaciones para poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania, pero nunca condenó a Rusia por la invasión y se presenta como un actor neutral.
La semana pasada, Trump y Xi Jinping hablaron sobre el conflicto, pero el presidente estadounidense se fue de China sin avances concretos.
Expertos aseguran que el mandatario chino probablemente informará a Putin sobre su cumbre con Trump, y que la falta de resultados claros “tranquiliza a Moscú”, ya que no hubo acuerdos que puedan afectar los intereses rusos.
Putin llega a China con la expectativa de que Xi profundice su compromiso con Moscú, especialmente después de que Trump anunciara que Beijing acordó comprar petróleo estadounidense.
Rusia depende de las ventas a China para sostener su economía y su esfuerzo militar, por lo que el respaldo chino es fundamental.
Diferencias sobre Medio Oriente y el futuro de la alianza
El presidente ruso también buscará conocer la postura de China sobre el futuro de Oriente Medio, luego de que Trump señalara que espera un rol más activo de Beijing en la región.
Sin embargo, los intereses de ambos países no siempre coinciden: mientras China necesita que las rutas marítimas sigan abiertas para su economía, Moscú se benefició de la flexibilización de sanciones por los combates en Irán.
Leé también: Preparativos para la visita de Putin a China y calor extremo en Nueva Delhi: el mundo en imágenes
En abril, tras reunirse con Xi, el canciller ruso Serguéi Lavrov afirmó que Rusia podría “compensar” la escasez energética de China a medida que la guerra afecta los suministros mundiales.
Putin y Xi buscan mostrar al mundo que su alianza es sólida y que, pese a los movimientos de Estados Unidos, la relación entre Moscú y Beijing sigue siendo un eje central en el tablero global.
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